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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016

Sep 1st 2021 at 11:56:50 AM •••

Removed this example.

Pet the Dog: Despite the room being a crowning example of evil incarnate, it seems to offer it’s guests (or at least just Mike) a sort of “trial period” from first entering 1408 to when the looping hour of horror begins, where they are free to leave the room if they so wish. A prime example of this is when the engineer arrives to assist in the thermostat repair, the room allows Mike to open the door and it remains open until he closes it after the engineer rushes down the hallway in fear. Mike is also able to walk out of the room into the hallway with no violent resistance from 1408, it is only after he returns inside and closes the door that the violence ensues.

Hard to say wether this "grace period" qualifies as a Pet the Dog at all. Various people who enter the room were either affected immediately (like the cleaning lady who knew how dangerous it was but got trapped under Olin's watch for just a minute or so) or it builds up the crazyness slowly (like with Enslin and presumably dozens of earlier guests). Since it seems to be able to read minds, it might have caught on to Mike being Horror Struck and unlikely to leave the room anyway until shit really hit the fan.

Edited by Morgenthaler You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

GuesssWho Madwoman Apparent Since: Jan, 2001

Madwoman Apparent

Feb 4th 2014 at 12:23:26 AM •••

Why does the literature button redirect back to the film? They were different enough stories to separate them.

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Nithael Since: Jan, 2001

Feb 4th 2014 at 12:27:41 AM •••

Because no one's made a page for the short story yet, so I figured it'd be best to put a redirect in the meantime.

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Feb 4th 2014 at 2:51:24 AM •••

That is pointless (given the automatic disambiguation) and makes it harder to write a work page there (not all people know how to break a redirect).

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Nithael Since: Jan, 2001

Feb 4th 2014 at 3:13:17 AM •••

Didn't know about the automatic disambiguation. I guess we can cutlist the page then (cutlisting a page doesn't lock it automatically anymore, right?).

SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)

Feb 4th 2014 at 3:55:37 AM •••

Aye.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman


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